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A32945 Articles to be ministred, enquired of, and answered, concerning matters ecclesiastical in the visitation of John Feilding, Arch-Deacon of the Arch-Deaconry of Dorset. 1683 Church of England. Archdeaconry of Dorset.; Fielding, John, ca. 1650-1697. aut 1683 (1683) Wing C4032; ESTC R217695 3,969 11

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ARTICLES TO BE Ministred Enquired of and Answered CONCERNING Matters Ecclesiastical IN THE VISITATION OF JOHN FEILDING Arch-Deacon of the Arch-Deaconry OF DORSET 1683 LONDON Printed for Obadiah Blakegrave 1683. The Church-wardens Oath YOUR Oath is That you the Church-wardens for your parts and you the Sides-men for your parts shall well and faithfully execute your several Offices for your Parish so long as you shall continue in your Offices according to the Use and Custom there and the Law in that behalf and also duely and truly present such Crimes and Offences punishable by the Laws Ecclesiastical of this Land which shall come to your knowledge or notice all Favour and Affection Hatred and Malice or sinister Respect set apart so help you God c. And We deliver you these Articles for your Directions ARTICLES TO BE Ministred Enquired of and Answered unto CONCERNING Matters Ecclesiastical In the VISITATION of IOHN FEILDING Arch-Deacon of the Arch-Deaconry of DORSET 1683. Concerning the Kings Majesties Authority in Causes Ecclesiastical HAVE You any in your Parish that oppose or gainsay any part of His Majesties Supremacy in all Causes Ecclesiastical as set forth inche second Canon Articles of the Church of England 1. HAVE you any in your Parish that affirm that the Church of England as now by Law established is not a True and Apostolical Church and that it doth not teach and maintain the Doctrine of the Apostles as set down in the 3 Canon 2. HAVE you any in your Parish that oppugn or speaketh against the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England or the lawful use of them as coutrary to the 6 Canon You shall present their Names 3. HAVE you any in your Parish that impugn the Government of the Church of England under the Kings Most Excellent Majesty by Archbishops and Bishops as at present established and that it is contrary to the Word of God as contrary to the 7 Canon 4. HAVE you any in your Parish that affirm That the Book of Common Prayer as now by Law is established containeth in it any thing that is Superstitions and contrary to the Word of God and therefore that Godly Men ought not to approve and subscribe to the same contrary to the 4 Canon You shall present their Names 5. WHETHER have you any in your Parish that Separate from the Church of England and the Publick Worship thereof and that come not to Church until Divine Service be ended and the Psalm or Sermon do begin as contrary to the 9 and 12 Canons 6. IS there any in your Parish that doth maintain such unlicensed Preachers that refuse to subscribe the Forms of Gods Worship prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer contrary to the 10 Canon And whether have you any in your Parish that of late have followed any strange Preacher Vnlicensed Suspended or Schismatical from Parish to Parish Present their Names and the Places to which they go and resort Of Divine Service 1. IS the present Form of Divine Service used by your Minister upon Sundays and Holidays And are the Lords days and other Holydays kept in your Parish according to the Orders of the Church of England prescribed in that behalf by frequenting the Publick Worship as is injoyned in the 13 and 14 Canons 2. WHETHER is there any Man or Woman that useth not due reverence in the Church in time of Divine Service and Sermon And whether is there any Man that covereth his head in the time of Divine Service except for some Infirmity And whether do all persons present in the Church or Chappel kneel reverently upon their Knees when the General Confession Litany and Prayers are read and stand up at the saying of the Creed according to the 18 Canon 3. IS there any in your Parish that lurk or tipple in Taverns Alehouses or that stand idle and loiter in the Church-yard in time of Divine Service as forbidden in the 19 Canon Of the Sacraments 1. IS the Sacrament of the Lords Supper duely administred in your Parish at the least thrice a year Easter being one And doth the Minister give warning thereof at Morning Prayer the Sunday before such time And do the Church-wardens provide a sufficient quantity of Bread and Wine for the same as by the 20 21 22 Canons is required 2. HAVE you in your Church a convenient Table with a fine Linnen Cloth to cover the same in time of Administration of the Lords Supper as Cannon the second And is the Wine brought to the table in a clean Flagon or Pot of Pewter or purer Metal as is required in the said Canon 3. DOTH your Minister admit any notorious Offenders or Schismaticks or any Excommunicate persons for such as live in open contention with their Neighbours to the Sacrament of the Lords Supper contrary to the 26 and 27 Canons Or doth any refuse to come to the Sacrament contrary to the 57 Canon 4. IS the Sacrament of Baptism duly administred in your Church or Chappel according to the form thereof and the direction of the Book of Common Prayers And is there a Font of Stone placed at the lower end of the Church for that purpose as required in the 81 Canon 5. HAVE you any in your Parish that refuse to bring their Children to be Baptized by the Minister according to the Book of Common Prayer Declare their Names and how long they have done so 6. WHETHER doth your Minister refuse to sign the Children with the Sign of the Cross when they are Baptised according to the Book of Common Prayer as is required by the 30 Canon And doth he Christen and Bury as is required by the 68 and 69 Canons Of Ministers 1. DOTH your Minister when he readeth publick Prayers or adminestreth the Sacraments wear a comely Surplice with Sleeves as is required by the 58 Canon 2. DOTH your Minister visit the Sick as is required by the 67 Canon 3. DOTH your Minister use the form of Thanksgiving for Women after Child-birth And whether have any Married Wives refused to come to Church according to the Book of Common Prayer to give God Thanks after Child-birth in such usual and decent manner as hath been anciently accustomed If any be faulty you shall present their Names 4. DOTH your Minister catechise the Youth and more ignorant persons of the Parish in the Creed and Lords Prayer and the Ten Commandments as is required in the 59 Canon 5. DOTH your Minister pray for King Charles the Second Queen Catharine and the rest of the Royal Family as required by the 55 Canon 6. HATH your Minister more Benefices than one with Cure and upon which doth he reside And hath he a sufficient and able Curate to teach and instance the People as is required in the 41 Canon 7. WHETHER doth your Parson Vicar or Curate frequent Taverns and Alehouses or is given to Drunkenness Dicing Carding or other unlawful Games as are forbidden by the 75 Canon Of the Church and Church yard 1.